After 4 or 5 years of secondary education, students take the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) Examination, otherwise known as GCE ‘O’ Level Examination. The University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE), and Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) are the joint examining authorities for this national exam. The GCE ‘O’ Level covers English Language, Mother Tongue, Mathematics, Science, Humanities, and other subjects that the student covers over their four or five years of study in their respective secondary school.

The ‘O’ Level exam formats and syllabus are summarized below:

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